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lördag, augusti 27, 2011

Electric Vehicles -- Green Revolution


Electric Vehicles

Host Lisa Van Pay visits the scientists and engineers working to make the electric car of the future a reality today. One of the toughest parts is storing enpotential energy to get you where you're going, and in this case, it's all about the battery. Graduate student Katharine Stroukoff from the University of Texas-Austin explains how her research may help build a better battery, while Mike Nawrot and Dan Lauber, members of the MIT electric vehicle team, describe the advantages of their fully electric Porsche 914. They also explain how they are working to improve some of the problems associated with electric vehicles, such as battery life and charge time.

Credit: National Science Foundation (NSF)



Vi hoppas att främst batteriforskningen gör stora framsteg och inte bara - vad jag förstår - fjuttigt som hittills (rätta mig om jag har fel). Jag tänker miljömässigt och bl.a. på det ökande (understatement) antalet bilar i Kina.

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